Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| My car / several times a year / breaks down |
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| She / in blue / very often / dresses |
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| John / often / is / late |
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| come / to help me / My parents / very often |
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| every other day. / I travel a lot. I / need / some petrol |
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| feel tired? / often / Do / you |
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| always / ? / Kevin / win / Does |
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| usually / I / once a year / go / to the dentist |
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| I / to the gym / go / three times a week |
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| eat / oranges / hardly ever / I |
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| Mike / pizza / eats / for dinner / often |
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| know / I / never / what to say |
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| She / asking me questions / always / is |
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| day in, day out / shopping / have to go / I |
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| My parents / go on holiday / almost never |
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| some help with the homework / need / usually / They |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| phoned / she / twice / me / Yesterday, |
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| at 8 a.m. / I / get up / always |
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| dress / Can / always / in green? / I |
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| to the gym / you / Do / go / every day / ? |
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| if you need it / will / Tom / help you / rarely |
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| go / to the hairdresser's / once a month / I / usually |
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| We / soup / have / every other day |
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| your car keys / can / You / never / find |
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| do / to the disco? / often / you / How / go |
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| at home? / Do / usually / you / have lunch |
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| very tired / am / usually / in the mornings. / Something is the matter with me. I |
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| five times / saw / I / it |
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| They / listen / never / can |
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| listens / rarely / when you talk to her / She |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
